Marroni, M. Frassi, C. Göncüoğlu, M. C. Di Vincenzo, G. Pandolfi, L. Rebay, G. Ellero, A. Ottria, G. Late Jurassic amphibolite-facies metamorphism in the Intra-Pontide Suture Zone (Turkey): an eastward extension of the Vardar Ocean from the Balkans into Anatolia? <p>The palaeogeography of Neotethys during its closure is still a matter of debate. This study provides new insights into the Neotethys closure by the discovery in the Intra-Pontide Suture Zone (Turkey) of an accretionary complex that recorded a Late Jurassic (<em>c</em>. 163 Ma) amphibolite-facies metamorphism. Results are discussed in the framework of the accretionary events that occurred at the southern margin of Laurasia. The resulting picture supports a new model in which the Vardar suture zone, in the Balkans, and the Intra-Pontide Suture Zone, in Anatolia, represent remnants of the same elongate oceanic basin. </p> Anatolia;metamorphism;Jurassic;Vardar Ocean;Balkan;oceanic basin;Suture;Neotethys closure;163 Ma;accretionary events;Vardar suture zone;Geology 2016-06-21
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